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The Calling, a YA novel by
Kelley
Armstrong, a New York Times
#1
bestselling author
and one of Brian's
students
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Writing for Children &
for Young Adults ~ the world’s hottest market
With guest speakers Monica Pacheco, literary
agent at the McDermid Agency and Jennifer Mook-Sang, author of Speechless
Saturday, March 5, 2016
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
If you want to write the next
best-selling children’s books or
just want to create stories for your own kids, this workshop is for you. Learn
how to write stories kids and young adults will love and find out what you need
to know to sell your book.
Special option: You may, but don't have to, bring 3 copies of the opening couple pages (first 500 words) of your children’s book or young adult novel (or 1,000 words if that will get you to the end of your picture book or to the end of your first chapter.) If you’re not currently working on a children’s story, don’t worry, we’ll get you started on the spot!
Special option: You may, but don't have to, bring 3 copies of the opening couple pages (first 500 words) of your children’s book or young adult novel (or 1,000 words if that will get you to the end of your picture book or to the end of your first chapter.) If you’re not currently working on a children’s story, don’t worry, we’ll get you started on the spot!
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| Monica Pacheco |
Guest speaker Monica Pacheco is
a literary agent with The McDermid Agency. The McDermid Agency represents literary
novelists and commercial novelists of high quality and writers of nonfiction
in the areas of memoir, biography, history, literary travel, narrative science,
investigative journalism and true crime.
The agency also represents children's and YA writers and also writers in the fields of science fiction and
fantasy.
The McDermid Agency's clients include distinguished literary authors such as
Michael Crummey, Greg Hollingshead, Andrew Pyper, Nino Ricci, David Adams
Richards and Michael Winter. The agency also represents writers of narrative
non-fiction, such as Charles Montgomery and James MacKinnon, both of whom won
the Charles Taylor prize for literary non-fiction in their years of
publication.
Monica Pacheco represents a growing list of writers. Her clients
include: actress/writer/director Sarah Polley, Yves Meynard, Madeline Ashby,
Marty Chan, Irina Kovalyova, Sarah Henstra, Eli K. P. William,TV food stylist
Janice Poon and Bram Stoker Award-winning horror writer David Nickle.
Monica is actively seeking clients in the areas of
literary and commercial fiction, young adult, middle grade, high concept
picture books, fantasy and science fiction.
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| Jennifer Mook-Sang |
We will also have author Jennifer Mook-Sang as
a guest speaker. Jennifer lives and writes in Burlington. She’s as amazed as
anyone to find she’s a published author. Her humorous middle grade novel Speechless was started in one of Brian Henry’s classes and was
released by Scholastic in September.
Speechless is already a hit. The CBC has named it one of
the 75 best books published in 2015 (see here),
and it’s a finalist for the Ontario Library Association’s Silver Birch
Award.
Jennifer was also a finalist in the Writing for
Children Competition 2014 sponsored by CANSCAIP and The Writer’s Union of
Canada. Jennifer will speak about how she got her first book published.
Fee: 40.71+ 13% hst = 46 paid
in advance by mail or Interac
or 43.36 + 13% hst = 49 if you wait to pay at the door
or 43.36 + 13% hst = 49 if you wait to pay at the door
To reserve a spot now, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Writing for Children & for Young
Adults
… is also being offered Saturday, April 2, in Barrie, with literary agent Rachel Letofsky (see here), on Saturday, April 30, in Guelph, with Yasemin Uçar, senior editor, Kids Can Press and authors Jennifer Mook-Sang and Kira Vermond (see here), and Sunday, May 29, in Ottawa with acclaimed author Alan Cumyn (see here).
… is also being offered Saturday, April 2, in Barrie, with literary agent Rachel Letofsky (see here), on Saturday, April 30, in Guelph, with Yasemin Uçar, senior editor, Kids Can Press and authors Jennifer Mook-Sang and Kira Vermond (see here), and Sunday, May 29, in Ottawa with acclaimed author Alan Cumyn (see here).
The Oakville
Public Library presents …
Writing with Style
Saturday, March 12, 2016
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
If you do any kind of creative
writing, fiction or nonfiction, this workshop is for you.
We’ll tackle the nitty-gritty of putting words on paper in a way that will grip
the reader’s imagination. You'll learn how to avoid common errors that drain
the life from your prose. And you'll discover how to make your writing more
vivid, more elegant and more powerful.
Fee: 40.71+ 13% hst = 46 paid
in advance by mail or Interac
or 43.36 + 13% hst = 49 if you wait to pay at the door
or 43.36 + 13% hst = 49 if you wait to pay at the door
To reserve a spot now, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca
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| Image from Me, Myself and Ela |
The Caledon Public Library presents…
Writing Your Life & Other True
Stories
Saturday, March 19, 2016
10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Alton Branch of Caledon Public Library, 35 Station Street, Caledon, Ontario (West of Hwy 10, North of Regional Road 24, south of Hwy 9. Map here.)
Alton Branch of Caledon Public Library, 35 Station Street, Caledon, Ontario (West of Hwy 10, North of Regional Road 24, south of Hwy 9. Map here.)
Have you ever considered writing your
memoirs or family history? This workshop will introduce you to the
tricks and conventions of telling true stories and will show you how to use the
techniques of the novel to recount actual events. Whether you want to write for
your family or for a wider public, don't miss this workshop.
Fee (including lunch!): 40.71+ 13% hst = 51 paid
in advance
or 43.36 + 13% hst = 55 if you wait to pay at the door
or 43.36 + 13% hst = 55 if you wait to pay at the door
or phone the library
at: 905-857-1400
To register, bring cash or drop a cheque off at any branch of
the Caledon Public Library map of all branches here) or mail a cheque to:
Albion-Bolton Branch Caledon Public
Library
150 Qyeen Street South
Bolton ON L7E 1E3
Writing Your Life & Other True Stories
Workshop leader Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing
instructor for more than 25 years. He publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada’s
most popular blog for writers, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University
and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to
Saint John.
Brian is the author of a children’s version
of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Tribute Publishing Inc), and along
with Cecilia-Anca Popescu, Brian is the
co-author of Bloody Christmas, a memoir of love and revolution, which is
currently under consideration with a literary agent.
But his proudest boast is that he’s has helped many of his students get
published.
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See Brian’s full schedule here, including writing
workshops and creative writing courses in Algonquin
Park, Alton, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brampton,
Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll,
Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Orillia,
Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, St. John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon,
Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Ingersoll, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe,
York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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